Get a posse

…Get a posse.…You know the term posse, from westerns?…When the sheriff would round up a few…focused people to help him capture the bad guy?…Now-a-days the term posse is used for a similar group of people.…But instead of running down fugitives from the law, these people can…help you achieve your creative goals, while you help them achieve theirs.…Everyone should have a group of people that they…can rely on to provide insight, opinion, and occasionally, accountability.…If you don't have a creative posse, you need to assemble one.…Find five to seven people to meet…regularly and discuss a common goal or topic.…

If you're a writer, you might meet once a month…to discuss a project that you're all assigned to complete.…If you're a designer, you might have an exercise that you all…participate in over the month, or have experiences that everyone can share.…This type of group accountability ensures that…you're working toward your larger creative goals.…The people in your posse should have…diverse experience, while still maintaining similar goals.…

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5/7/2014

Ever feel like you're in a rut? Most people in creative fields have experienced a rut, whether it manifests as a lack of ideas, follow-through, or enthusiasm. Sometimes it's just boredom that comes with routine. Stefan Mumaw designed this course to help you identify the type of rut you're in and its cause, and then break out of it with a series of short-, mid-, and long-term creative nudges. From techniques to get you thinking alternatively to life-changing educational opportunities, the course serves to bust every level of creative rut with actionable ideas and encouragement that's designed to get you back on the path to creative success.

The course is more resource than classroom, designed to be something you can return to each and every time you feel stuck on a project or stalled in your career. Come back anytime you need help taking a creative leap forward.